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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open education initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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